This is a course that analyzes the relationship between disability and the law, with an emphasis on federal and state statutes and case law. Areas of concentration include health care treatment and involuntary commitment, employment, government services, public accommodations,  education, housing, and personal autonomy. Students will review the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Sec. 504), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and the Fair Housing Act Amendments.

This course teaches the principles of contemporary commercial drafting and introduces students to documents typically used in a variety of transactions. It is primarily experiential in nature. The skills taught will apply to any transactional practice and will even be useful to litigators.

This course explores selected topics in health law and environmental law, and this course provides an opportunity to develop critical thinking, analytical, and communication skills.  Each week during the course, there will generally be readings, videos, and individual or group writing assignments, as well as a final research paper at the end of the semester.  This course is only offered to LL.M. and College of Law Masters students.

This course is designed for students who are enrolled in the Loyola LL.M. degree program in United States Law and who have already been awarded a first degree in law from a law school outside of the United States or Canada. Emphasizing the skills typically acquired by JD students in their legal research and writing (lawyering) coursework, students will learn how to identify and articulate the applicable law before applying it to the facts. Students will actively engage in the arts of case analysis and statutory construction.

This entry level one-credit course is designed to orient students to the basics of United States law as might be covered in the first year of a traditional law school curriculum, and to provide skills for reading and analyzing legal issues. Students will become familiar with types of law in the U.S. legal system, means to locate legal sources, legal systems structure, and the mechanisms for administration and dispute resolution. Students will learn to read and analyze legal cases, perform basic legal research, and write a legal memorandum.

Students can choose from a variety of one-credit international and comparative law seminars when studying abroad through Loyola Law. Topics and number of offerings differ by program. 

This course covers the taxation of foreign nationals doing business in the United States and United States citizens doing business outside of the States. The course will examine the taxation rules regarding foreign income of United States corporations and individuals, United States taxation of nonresident aliens and foreign corporations, domestic international sales corporations, and international boycott determinations.

This course consists of an advanced study of federal income taxation emphasizing planning considerations affecting the personal and commercial transactions of individual taxpayers.

The course will cover issues related to the laws of health care privacy and security.  Students will gain an understanding of the HIPAA/HITECH law and an introduction to state statutes, as well as the agencies that enforce privacy rules.  Students will learn to identify and analyze health privacy and security issues and the challenges of protecting privacy and security of an increasingly complicated health system.

This course explores the laws and regulations that govern the provision of healthcare in the United States and the compliance programs to ensure safe care. Students will be introduced to the elements of an effective compliance program and challenges in providing safe, high quality, compliant healthcare.